There’s no denying Street Fighter’s legacy as a top contender in the fighting game space. One only needs to browse the various Capcom Fighting Collections that’ve been released to see decades of that legacy curated, though if you’re a Nintendo fan you might notice a dropoff around the mark of…
Similar to the Wii U and Switch 1 launches before it, the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch lineup is home to a number of belated ports from third-party companies. While many of these aren’t as old as titles that headed to the former consoles, there is nary a “new” game in…
We’re treading familiar territory in this week’s Nintendo Music update. The soundtrack for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D has been added to the streaming service, joining the existing soundtrack for Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64. Ocarina 3D was a full remake for the Nintendo 3DS, adding…
There’s no denying Street Fighter’s legacy as a top contender in the fighting game space. One only needs to browse the various Capcom Fighting Collections that’ve been released to see decades of that legacy curated, though if you’re a Nintendo fan you might notice a dropoff around the mark of…
3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
The opening night is a well-known concept in entertainment. It’s a potentially defining moment that either sets the stage for success or depicts an impending failure. A film, a concert, an art piece — All things that an opening night benefits. Video game consoles have a different take on an…
In what might be the coldest take of the summer, I’m here to remind you that Mario Kart 8 is nothing short of a landmark title for Nintendo. The number one seller across two consoles and widely hailed as the pinnacle of the series when it comes to sheer scale…
Consider my mind blown that we have a second Capcom Fighting Collection and, not only that, Capcom is doubling down on the Fighting Collection moniker focusing on their obscure titles. Whereas the first CFC included every original Darkstalkers game, Super Gem Fighter, Red Earth and some change it’s quite the…
I love to review games that are a perfect fit for the console I’m playing them on, as if they were made with the console in mind. Rift of The NecroDancer is one such game. I first saw it revealed as a Nintendo Switch release, so I have always thought…
Booting up my Nintendo Switch to play Croc for the first time since I was a kid playing it on my PlayStation yielded largely the same results as it did in the ’90s. By World 3’s desert, I was dying repeatedly to seemingly endless pits, cursing out the lantern level…
We’ve seen a lot of games like Star of Providence in the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan. Buzzwords like “roguelite,” “top-down,” “dungeon-crawler,” and “twin-stick shooter” are all commonalities when it comes to a listing on the hybrid console’s eShop. Some have been legitimate hits like Enter The Gungeon and Nuclear Throne. Others…
In our modern time of multiplatform gaming and a decrease in console exclusivity, sometimes it’s undeniable that a game from one system would fit better on another. Take Mario Kart 8’s jump from Wii U to Nintendo Switch as a prime example. A great Wii U game with less eyes…
I consider myself to be a pretty big fighting game fan. I’ve been actively following the genre since I first played Tekken on PlayStation as a child. Since 2017, however, my console of choice has been the Nintendo Switch and, as a fighting gamer, things haven’t been too hot. While…
We’re already three weeks into the new year and I have a prediction: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD will be the best Crash Bandicoot game I play in 2025. Now I can picture you turning your head and cocking it to one side in disbelief but hear me out. DK…
I’ve made no secret of my fondness for Bandai Namco’s Tales of series. Like many Nintendo fans of the time, that came courtesy of the Gamecube’s Tales of Symphonia. Its cast of characters, subversive story, and active combat system endeared the franchise to fans in the West for the first…
